Compressed air gun



July 2, 1935. w PERREAULT 2,006,577

COMPRESSED AIR GUN Filed April 13, 1929 Patented July 2, 1935 some.

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iCami-"(0112458) This invention especially relates to a com Figure '4 is a perspective viewof one type or:

' pressed air toy gun and has forit's primary object the providing'of a novelty of the character ide scribed that will be useful for; playing games and I,

'5 for other various formsofi amusement;

It is one of the objectsi or the inverition ito provide a gun of the, character described that,

will be operative by applying a mallet against resilient meansthat is mounted on one end of the gunbarrel to compress air withinfthe gun barrel.

:It is another object of the invention toiprovide" thecompressed'air means without theme or" I valvesand p acking' and other-air leakingela" ments; V i t It isa further object of theinventionto pro vide a gun ofithe-charact'er described with-im proved adjustingmeans fthat will permit the gun barrelto be adjusted both horizontally and vertically'andllocked any suitable. position.

constructed into such-a sizeand'sh'ape and mounted on theend of the gun-barrel in such a manner that will enable the compressed air that is.forced through the gun barrel tobe exerted against'a surface onthe inner end of r the projectile that hasan area thatis larger than the opening in the. gun barrel so that a large amount of the compressed air pressure will be.

exerted directly against the inner end of the projectile to increase the shooting distance.

The invention further consists in the particular combination, constructionand association of the different elements, suchas described in the following specification, and possesses various other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the preferred form of the invention that is illustrated in the drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification,

It isto be understood that it is notintended to limit the invention to the'embodiment shown by said drawing and description, as variations' invenone type of It is a still further object 1 of the invention t6 provide an improved type of projectile that .is

target used with the invention. Figure 5 is a top perspective. View ofa plate th'atfis fastened on the bottom of the gun barrel.

Eigure 6 is a perspective view of the sameplate as shown inFigure'5; the said plate being tur with its bottom facingupwardsff 1 ,Figure ,Tis aperspective view of. the adj ustable and is provided at thejbreechendther'eof, witha resilient; covering I I" that1is preferably. made out of'a suitable grade ofjrubber, the said covering being substantially held ortlthe gunbarrel'by any suitable means, the present illustration showing an expansion or snapring l2 depressing the covering into a circumferential groove providedin and around the outer peripherylof the gun barrel; The said ring is preferably made split andgis held together by'means of a bolt. and nut as illusi trailed; T ri i i n e e a lr. rme 'infa manneras. to provide asight its .that is are ranged inline with a; front sightlldthatfis iass tenedon the breech end'oftlie gun'barreli The breech end of the barrel I0 is provided with a funnel shaped opening Illa, the small end of which terminates in a straight hole Nib that continues toward the muzzle end and through the gun barrel.

A plate it, provided with a downward projection Ma, is fastened'to the outer bottom surface of the gun barrel by means or metal straps it that are preferably riveted to the plate and are provided with holes Ia so that nails or screws may be applied therethrough and into the barrel.

The plate. M is provided'with a curved slot Mb, to allow for circumferential movement on' its tripod head, the construction of which will hereinafter be described. As hereinbefore stated, a

one of the objects of the present invention is to provide improved means for horizontally and vertically'adjusting' the range of the gun barrel. Figure 6 shows an improved means for supporting the gun and consists in providing an upper plate It and a lower plate H and hinging the two plates together in a manner that will permit one plate to be vertically swung with respect to the other. The plate It, upon which the gun plate l6 and the projection 14a is inserted in the hole 16a in said hinged plate [6 as shown is fastened, is mounted onthe top face of the for rigidly locking the gun plate imposition. It

will be observed that the slot Mb in the gun plate will permit the gun to be moved on a horizontal plane so that the gun may quickly be adjusted to different horizontal positions. The

head plate l6 is provided withatongue lfib that extends downwardly through aslot l'laand adjacent a lug Ilb that is providedlcn the bottom head plate H. A standard threadedstud it is fixed into the said lug l'lb and'horizontallyextends through an are shaped groove lfie provided in said tongue. A handle 20 that is threaded to engage with the Stud 9, is threaded onsaid stud and is constructed to'tightly hold'the tongue Nib against the lug Nb, and thereby permit the plate it, upon which the gun plate rests, to be Vertically adjusted} thus providing simple means for adjusting the gun on a vertical plane.

In Figure 1 there is shownfmounted in the" 'muzzle end of the gun barrel, a projectile that preferably constructed in the form as illustrated and consists of a cone' shape'd cap 2! thatis preferably made'out of such material as rubber or leather andis fixed on theend of an oblong member 22 as illustrated. Thesaid oblong meme ber 22 is preferably constructed outbf wooden material and is 'providedwith a smallerdiameterf than "the hole provided throughthe gun barrel so that the compressed air. will be exerted, not onlyagainst the inner end' of the oblong member 22, but will pass into andbe exerted against the complete inside area of the cone shaped cap 2|.

Figure 2'shows a mallet23 that is made'into a form to approximately fit'the funnel shaped opening l 0a at the breech of. the gun barrel. The target shown in Figure tillustrates one type of target that may be used, and shows a pluralityoi score pockets; each of which may designate a difierent score'numeral for making up a complete hates a striking target for the mallet.

tally. The dotted line extending from the gun in Figure-3 to the target in Figure 4 designates a line of travel of the projectile from the gun to the target. The numeral Ila provided on the resilient covering at the breech of the gun desig- It is to be definitely understood that the resilient covering will be made of suchrubber material or other resilient material that'will resiliently move into and take the shape of the funnel shaped cavity Illa when the mallet is driven against the target I l a on said covering.

It willbe noted thatwhen the mallet is driven against said resilient covering and the covering moves into the funnel shaped cavity, air from Within the cavity will be immediately forced into the small hole lb and against the projectile and shoot the projectileoutwardly. From the fore-- going it will be observed that this novel invention will give pleasant and interesting amusement and can beutilized into playing many different kinds of games. Y

Havingthus illustratedand described a certain form of construction and arrangement of parts pertaining to the invention, it is desired to include in this application for Letters Patent of g the United States of America any and all patentable novelty'that exists in the invention disclosed and all that comes within the-range of the inventionas set,forth in the claim hereinafter mentioned. V v What is claimed: g V

'A device'of the character described, having in combination a tripod, a plate mounted vertically adjustable thereon, a gun barrel mountedhori zontallyadjustable onsaid plate; an-inwardly tapering opening in the breech end of the barrel, a resilient covering over said opening, a projec v tile constructed to bemounted in the miwzle end of the barrel, said projectile having a cone shaped flexible cap provided on the front end thereof that is constructed to fit against the muzzle end of the barrel, and a mallet taperedto fit into the tapered opening in the breech end of the barrel so that the-projectile may be driven out of the barrel substantially as described.

WILFRID PERREAULT. 

